Something has taken over the .themes files.....OMFG Help!!!

[XPerties]

Ok this is the deal.....girlfriends father install Desktop arcitect and since then he has lost the ability to enable clear fonts or anything cool that XP has provided for him, In addition his standard windows xp theme (the grassy hills) has disappearded. Ok so he uninstalled DA and I sent him my .themes file to replace his or put in the ones he was missing. But all the files are being possesed by this dam DA. If you notice all the themes files should be controlled by "windows theme file" but his arent. After replacing mine with his the again were taken over by DA. Now if you right click and choose open with, it doesnt give him a choice to choose windows. Does anyone have any other advice. Oh by the way he tried to roll back and that failed, why is unknow windows just said it was unable to restore:mad: . Thanks everyone

-XPerties

PS. Stay away from DA!

[Guest LouCypher]

Try changing these keys:

[code:1:a903115545]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.theme]

@="themefile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTthemefile]

@="Windows Theme File"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTthemefileDefaultIcon]

@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,

00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,74,00,68,00,

65,00,6d,00,65,00,75,00,69,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,37,00,30,

00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTthemefileshell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTthemefileshellopen]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTthemefileshellopencommand]

@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,

00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,

6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,25,00,53,

00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,

79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,

00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,43,00,6f,00,6e,00,74,00,72,00,

6f,00,6c,00,5f,00,52,00,75,00,6e,00,44,00,4c,00,4c,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,

00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,

73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,64,00,65,00,73,00,6b,00,2e,00,63,

00,70,00,6c,00,20,00,64,00,65,00,73,00,6b,00,2c,00,40,00,54,00,68,00,65,00,

6d,00,65,00,73,00,20,00,2f,00,41,00,63,00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,3a,00,4f,

00,70,00,65,00,6e,00,54,00,68,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,66,00,69,00,

6c,00,65,00,3a,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[/code:1:a903115545]

I saved these as a .REG file. It's attached, just drop the .TXT

[XPerties]

Thanks Lou, Ill pass this along to him.:beer :multiblob :beer

-XPerties

[XPerties]

Ok, Just an update......We applied the reg patch and it restored his themes files to give M$ control back but something I forgot to mention before was a associated promblem with this whole sitution. If you click desktop (Im at work so Ill try to remember), properties, and I think themes.....Its where the effects button is under there somewhere. He can not get access to this feture. It will not open at all. Again all this started with that DA was installed. But Like I said everything was given M$ control back but still unable to gain access to the effects tab. Any idea?

-XPerties